MLB: This is what the USA roster looks like for the World Classic with new starters and without Bryce Harper

yes ok USA national team lineup looks armed for World Baseball ClassicStarting in March, there are still some questions about who will be rotating. On Tuesday, those two spots became owners when the American team announced that two MLB aces, New York Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes Jr.and experienced St. Louis Cardinals Adam WainwrightHe promised to play with the team.

While rosters won’t be finalized until later this winter – and with Bryce Harper likely to be sidelined following Tommy John surgery – this is how the US roster goes so far.

C: JT Realmuto, Will Smith
1B: Pete Alonso, Paul Goldschmidt
2B: Trevor Story
SS: Tim Anderson
3B: Nolan Arenado, Bobby Witts Jr.;
OFF: Mookie Bates, Cedric Mullins, Mike Trout, Kyle Tucker
Rotation: Nestor Cortes Jr., Merrill Kelly, Adam Wainwright
Bullpen: David Bedner, Dillon Tate, Devin Williams

The United States will begin their title defense on March 11 in Phoenix. It will be part of Group C along with Mexico, Colombia, Canada and Great Britain.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie in the AL Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, the number one keeper of Barry Bonds, and an antidote to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserve to take the World Series from him for his cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag, basketball and any other sport that involves a ball or ball. I am also an amateur musician, penniless gambler and a voracious reader. Bachelor in Journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world shrimp capital, Esquinapa, Sinaloa. I lived in Australia for a while; I survived giant spiders, Tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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